Bottle capper



H. J. LEBHERZ BOTTLE CAPPER June 24, 1930.

Filed Aug. 27, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 2 INVENTOR. I a2% JZeZZerz ATTORNEY June 24, 1930. H, .1. LEBHERZ 1,766,178

' BOTTLE CAPPER I Filed Aug 2'7, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2v ll"! 5 l INVENTORQ ATTORNEY Patented June 1930 I I Q.

115331 J.- LEB EZ, sminenieigmsnyiinnn; g ssmm To THEfE vE izEny jeeMQ I PAN-Y OF; 11 33133311103 MABYLAn J', A CORPORATION OFi MARYLAND' 9 'My: invention relates broadlyib bottle, eappingwtools and more particularljto a c'o nstructionhof double rack; and -geared rider type of bottle capperfor-i.placing Y 'crown 02 s upon'bottlesr r I l One 0 the objects of'my: invention is to operation.

rack bottle ceppingfl tool and-(arrangement of parts thereof as more fully described in" prdvide' a hand operated double rack" bot 'tle Capping ma-ehi e which: will 'b'ei inore v "reliable-in its operetion thanhand Operated 0 bottle-cappers heretefore"available.

- ""wAnother objeet f my invention islto pro- Wide" a construction 0f manually operated double rack bottle eapper in+whieh areIa 'tively large force may be exertedi in effectinga-bottlecapping operation for arelaevery small forceUngtessfedQupoh a menu- 9 whereinal-rider is inOuntetLfOrvertical slid-- able me'vernenfi with -1-es ect toedeuble rack V WithTindependentgearsIermnged -to mesh With the "double mp1; and 130 n'i utuelly intermesh ferf translating a downward movement 2 on fthe-hand operatedflleverintogza, bottle capping- Operation with spring means; e'rlmngefl' to return the *liandiope'ratedlever.

t6 its norrnal positi'en' efterjz'eaeh bottle: cap.- pingop'erati'onl l further bbjecfi 'ef invention is. to provide lagn 1 assembly 10f is mu1t ple 'gears a1 r 'anged' interiorlyi of a slidable riderqon double rack "with a connect on befiyfieen one of "cro wirihcap's te betfil es for ee ch' fiOthenqandljfnrther Qbjeets" efinvem tlon' 'residev'in-the construction'lof a doubie the specification hereinafter f0110Wing,:by

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accompanying drawings in Figure .1 illustrates a sid'ejelevation alof my invention 31 Fig. i'isa cross-setional View through-the rider of tl1e-eappingEto01 "f tle" capping teolzof my invention; Fig. 3lri's across-sectional viewtaken through' .the rid? er. of the double rack bottle cappingjtool on the line 4-j: oifFig; 8; Fig.1 5 is .e fragmentery cross-sectional. view throughdthe" spring return mechamsm on l ne 5 5 ofl ig;

3;:Fig, '6 is a ii'agment ary'EVieW illustrating the cap? feclin'gnnd guiding device which is s carried. by the rider of thebbtfle eappingtool doublerack-and rider iconstruction showing the-operatingg ears and hand Operated lever moved to zr position Where thexrider may .bev adjustedr to a; seletedfelevation along; the double .I'ZICkvStTllCtHIQ for eappingah0tt1es of: different sizes Or-l eighos; 1-

1, In Letters Patent.Reissue .a construction of hand eperatedfimek? and presentinvention; iSl Ian improve .smentever s iid iieuters Patent end thestrne- V-tu'reslllust'rated 1-1'1 sald mp nd ng, applied- 'vbbiitlerr ap ing o'pe f n 1 -by' the rider intermediate amdoubie reek r 150" stricture for? 1 11'su'1-ing- ;t sufeeessme' supply wh ch; actuated by. meen f ,a' handi 1e;

. r 'A v still further; object? (if; in to preyide a e'onstruetioiijgf 013 and multiple" fee'dfldeviee 1' W11 by means 0f system of; cooperating gears liens: 111: the 130131319.O:1ppBI" Qf ;my present invention;I'.:pr0;iiide-a doubleir'ackasysteni" a with -msi'i de wv1iich fengagesfthe doublegrack -,'sy'steir1 rand, is jslnqved with respeetltherete 1 r I N6; raises dated February ilt,wl922fl*have described gear meehzuiisniifor b'ottleeapp'ingtoolsxrln I I 1 my opending. applications, Sen: N0. 755,672 wfiled Dee. 113

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tremities'of said standards, a ride'r slidably mounted upon said racks and having ar -i cuate shaped slots extending through the sides thereof, a pair of gear devices rotatably journaled" on said rider andmeshing 'with each other and with said racks, a hand i operating lever connected with one of said gear devices, a bridge member extending through the arcuate shaped slots in said rider'and spring means connected with said bridge member for normally urging said bridge member into'abutment with one of said gear devices for maintaining said hand operating lever in normally elevated p0sition' for effecting successive bottle, capping .operationsand a capper throat carried by I saidgrider for impressing a crown cap upon a bottle positioned betweeni said standards. In testimony whereof I aflix my si nature.

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